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THE BEE-HIVES. 



damage inflicted to tlie bees ^\'as immense, for they had to 

 rebuild their combs at a time when queens begin their greatest 

 laying. But the bee-keepei-s of old wei'e persuaded that this 

 crop of beeswax was beueflcial to bees, since it compelled them 



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